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- pronunciation:
- pro
zeI
ihk
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
straightforward and plain; unimaginative; dull.
Compared with his earlier, delightfully inventive work, his second novel was disappointingly prosaic.- synonyms:
- bromidic, commonplace, dull, everyday, humdrum, jejune, matter-of-fact, ordinary, pedestrian, prose, prosy, run-of-the-mill, undistinguished, unimaginative, unimpressive, vapid, workaday
- antonyms:
- imaginative, inspired, interesting
- similar words:
- banal, bland, boring, cliché, common, conventional, dry, flat, hackneyed, homely, insipid, lackluster, lifeless, literal, mediocre, monotonous, routine, stale, tame, tedious, threadbare, tired, trite, usual, worn
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definition 2: |
of or like prose.
- synonyms:
- prose
- antonyms:
- poetic
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related words: |
arid, austere, barren, hack, lackluster, ordinary, simple, sober |
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derivations: |
prosaically (adv.), prosaicness (n.) |
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